whitex
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I've had my Taycan for over 3 years now. Love driving it. I do on the back of my mind I always worry it will get me stranded somewhere unable to drive (electrical error), unable to charge (OBC failure, killing both AC and DC failures), or unable to heat/cool the cabin (heater and/or servos failure) - all of which I have experienced so far. However, I still cannot believe that after 7 years, Porsche software still cannot handle basic functionality without screwing up!
I went on a short road trip this past weekend, charged to 100% percent with a one-time timer, then to 100% using direct-charge while away from the house. Came back 4 days later, still only the same Generic profile (non-location-specific) set to optimized charging with min 85%, and no timers active, no direct charge active either. Then I get a notification, car charged to 100% for some reason. WTF? Why would it do this? I still have no idea, but hey, I'm not going to be driving the car for few days, so will find out later if it still charges to 100%, and the car gets to be charged to 100% for a few days - but hey, Porsche does give me an 8 year battery warranty, so really they are screwing themselves by keeping the car charged to 100%? No, I'm not going to have someone drive the SoC down, if Porsche was worried about this, they would have made the software work. Just for completeness, I've had the exact, unmodified same profile for over 3 years now on the very same EVSE at home, never had this issue, so this is something new (note, zero active timers). I'm actually tempted to just leave it, let the car charge to 100% daily despite me having set it to less, maybe it will degrade the battery before the 8 years is up so I can just claim a new one. I did my part, I set the car up correctly, it worked for 3.5 years, Porsche decided to deploy software to charge to 100% despite this, not my problem.
As a side note, Porsche navigation is just as lacking quality - when in poor cellular reception, it completely loses its location and ability to route. At one point it actually decided to reroute based on going crazy, told me to drive away from the destination, then 5 minutes later decided to turn me around via non-existing roads. I shut it off, did a u-turn, and used Waze to get me where I need to go. My bad for trying to use Porsche navigation somewhere where cellular signal is spotty (a scenario which evidently Porsche NEVER tests for, as it also creates issue like my car appearing to be in Privacy Mode, even though I have NEVER even once switched it to Privacy Mode since new) *sigh*
Come on Porsche, everyone knows you suck at software, so just admit it and give up! Give us a physical button to pre-heat the battery for DC charging, so we never have to use Porsche navigation again. Give us a very simple setting - a percentage I want the car to stop charging at, so we can just do it manually and never have to wonder how is Porsche software going to fuck up this time? Stop pretending you know what you're doing in the digital arena, stick to manual controls and great driving performance (and maybe PTS colors, accents, and deviated interiors for those willing to pay for them)!
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I went on a short road trip this past weekend, charged to 100% percent with a one-time timer, then to 100% using direct-charge while away from the house. Came back 4 days later, still only the same Generic profile (non-location-specific) set to optimized charging with min 85%, and no timers active, no direct charge active either. Then I get a notification, car charged to 100% for some reason. WTF? Why would it do this? I still have no idea, but hey, I'm not going to be driving the car for few days, so will find out later if it still charges to 100%, and the car gets to be charged to 100% for a few days - but hey, Porsche does give me an 8 year battery warranty, so really they are screwing themselves by keeping the car charged to 100%? No, I'm not going to have someone drive the SoC down, if Porsche was worried about this, they would have made the software work. Just for completeness, I've had the exact, unmodified same profile for over 3 years now on the very same EVSE at home, never had this issue, so this is something new (note, zero active timers). I'm actually tempted to just leave it, let the car charge to 100% daily despite me having set it to less, maybe it will degrade the battery before the 8 years is up so I can just claim a new one. I did my part, I set the car up correctly, it worked for 3.5 years, Porsche decided to deploy software to charge to 100% despite this, not my problem.
As a side note, Porsche navigation is just as lacking quality - when in poor cellular reception, it completely loses its location and ability to route. At one point it actually decided to reroute based on going crazy, told me to drive away from the destination, then 5 minutes later decided to turn me around via non-existing roads. I shut it off, did a u-turn, and used Waze to get me where I need to go. My bad for trying to use Porsche navigation somewhere where cellular signal is spotty (a scenario which evidently Porsche NEVER tests for, as it also creates issue like my car appearing to be in Privacy Mode, even though I have NEVER even once switched it to Privacy Mode since new) *sigh*
Come on Porsche, everyone knows you suck at software, so just admit it and give up! Give us a physical button to pre-heat the battery for DC charging, so we never have to use Porsche navigation again. Give us a very simple setting - a percentage I want the car to stop charging at, so we can just do it manually and never have to wonder how is Porsche software going to fuck up this time? Stop pretending you know what you're doing in the digital arena, stick to manual controls and great driving performance (and maybe PTS colors, accents, and deviated interiors for those willing to pay for them)!
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